Human Trafficking in the U.S.A

Researched ArgumentHuman trafficking is also called modern day slavery and is defined as holding someone illegally and against their will by form of deception and coercion and turning them into laborers and prostitutes without paying them. It is hard to believe that in the twenty first century, slavery still exists especially here at home and right under our noses. This has been an ongoing problem since the nineteenth century. A lot of people were trafficked into the United States and sold as slaves. Back then there were no laws that stated that it was illegal to traffic human beings and turn them into slaves. It all starts with a walk through the park in a remote part of Mexico. A young girl named Paloma is taking a stroll to get away from all the stressors in her life. Her mother is very ill and they cannot afford to get her better medical treatment because they are very poor. They live in a shack in Mexico and Paloma has endured a lot of abuse and struggle in her short life there. She was born into poverty and has withstood a lifetime of struggle and this has made her develop a hardy personality. She believes she can face the challenges and come out stronger and better in order to be able to get her family out of indigence. Paloma is approached by an older gentleman who presents himself as an outstanding, prominent businessman with a lot of businesses across Mexico and the United States. He promises her a great escape from the impoverished life she has led. He promises her an education and a job which will help her pay back the money she would owe him for getting her to America. The sixteen year old lady is smitten by the offer and accepts it without even thinking twice. All she can think about is getting her family a better life than what they have been living. Her prince charming has emerged from nowhere and has come to save her. Little does Paloma know that when they arrive to the United States she is going to be a victim of human trafficking rather than the educated secretary that she thought she would be. She ends up being held captive for six months in a dinky apartment in a place that she cannot recognize and forced to submit to the man’s demands and needs. Paloma ends up cooking, cleaning and being raped by her captor. He threatens her family with harm and takes all her documents in order to prevent her from escaping. Her prince charming has turned into a beast. During the turn of the century, human trafficking has become inhumane and a lot of people want to be free and live on their own means. Most of the captured slaves back in the day lived in their “masters” compounds and could not own anything or even have the right to vote. The creation of the 13th. Amendment which state that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.", slavery has been formally abolished. The United States has created a law to prevent and protect the victims like the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 which was signed into law by President Bill Clinton. According to Dr. Potocky who is a specialist in refugee resettlement, human rights, international social work, and research methodology “TVPA focused on international trafficking, including reducing trafficking globally, providing assistance to immigrant victims of trafficking in the United States, and prosecuting traffickers” (Potocky 373). Human trafficking has been a major social injustice and the United States must do more to combat it because the laws are not being enforced properly, it is continuously increasing, and this is due to weak penalties. The TVPA was established in 2000 and was supposed to protect victims of human trafficking and it has yet to curb this crime. Also, statistics show that the number of victims has continuously increased since the mid-1990s and the number of convictions and...

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The government increased anti-trafficking prevention activities during the reporting period. Government officials condemned humantrafficking in public statements and presentations, in addition to warning more than 250 students about the dangers of humantrafficking. Anti-trafficking flyers and materials were disseminated widely. The government also tightened issuance of exotic dancer permits to Jamaican hotel establishments, and eliminated their use in night clubs. Efforts to identify victims of trafficking among holders of these permits were intensified during the reporting period, and the government reduced the total number of permits to eight. Increased government collaboration with Jamaica’s hotel and tourism industry would assist efforts to prevent child sex tourism in resort areas; despite reported sexual exploitation of Jamaican children by foreign tourists, no investigations or prosecutions of such suspected criminal activity were reported by the government. The government made efforts to address demand for commercial sex acts by conducting high-profile raids on hotels and nightclubs.
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The time has come for all nation states which are prepared to deal effectively with humantrafficking and the sexual exploitation of children and women to revisit the following...

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Topic: HumanTrafficking
General Purpose: To Inform
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about HumanTrafficking. What it is, where it is and who gets affected.
Central Idea/Thesis: Humantrafficking is overlooked but occurs on a more widespread basis then people believe.
I. Introduction
A. Attention Getter: What if you were promised a better life with an advanced career, but instead were forced into prostitution? Many are unknowingly placed into this position by human traffickers.
B. Relation: Humantrafficking is simply a “modern day slave trade”. It transports and sells victims across borders, but also trafficking is the crime of carrying someone into slavery by force or fraud. “The victims of humantrafficking are young children, teenagers, men, and women; they are trafficked into the United States from Asia, Central and South America, and Eastern Europe” (Fact Sheet).
C. Central Idea: Humantrafficking is overlooked but occurs on a more widespread basis then people believe.
D. Credibility Statement:
1. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, “after drug dealing, humantrafficking is tied with the illegal arms industry as the second largest criminal industry in the world today, and it...

...HumanTraffickingHumantrafficking is an illegal trade in human beings for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation or forced labor. Humantrafficking is modern form of slavery and is the second largest fastest growing criminal industry in the world and profits billions of dollars in business. After the drug trade humantrafficking is the second biggest organized crime in the world. Millions of victims are entrapped and exploited every year in this modern form of slavery. Humantrafficking is a crime that strips people of their rights, ruins their dreams, and robs them of their dignity. Humantrafficking is a global problem and an issue and has been growing since the 1700’s.
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act was created in 2000 (Polaris Project, n.d.). The Act is broken down into three parts which are prevention, protection, and prosecution. The prevention portion of the acts states that there needs to be an office set up within the state department which is monitor and combat the trafficking issue. It also makes a point to inform the public that humantrafficking is out there to prevent potential victims, and insist on the creation of a task force that was special trained to fight it (Polaris Project, n.d.). Protection...

...HumanTrafficking in the United States
Nicole Singleton
American Intercontinental University Online
November 12, 2012
Until recently, in the US, the thought never occurred that Americans were trafficking Americans. The purpose of this paper is to inform the audience about the crime of humantrafficking that is happening in the US and also to persuade them to take a stand and help do something to combat this crime.
Thesis: Humantrafficking in the United States seems to be overlooked and not taken very seriously. Close to 20,000 women and children are trafficked in the US yearly. There seems to be nothing that can be done about it. Most times the victims are never heard from or seen again leaving very little of their known existence behind. Many think that this only happens in foreign countries, but many have been rudely awakened. According to the US Department of State, humantrafficking is any situation where one person “holds another person in compelled service” (2011). 2010 was the first year the US actually ranked itself in the Trafficking in Persons Report alongside other countries; this shows just how much this crime has been overlooked until recently.
Hypothesis: If those in authority were properly trained on what humantrafficking entails and also trained on how to spot the signs that shows...

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HumanTrafficking in the United States
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Tens of thousands of people are being held captive as slaves across the U.S. today (Swartz 2). The reason trafficking has become a typical crime in the U.S. is because victims are too afraid to speak up. Most victims never tell anyone of their situation, out of fear of risking their lives. The story is different for Nade, a woman who overcomes her fear and runs away from her life as a slave (Baldas 2). Nade is currently living in the United States, free and independent, but her...

... HumanTrafficking
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